RE: New file system IDs and others.

[Sven Karlsson <sven@it.lth.se>]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From:	Sven Karlsson [EX:/O=LTH/OU=IT/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=SVEN]
> Sent:	Monday, June 29, 1998, 10:53:41
> To:	'mint@atari.archive.umich.edu'
> Subject:	RE: New file system IDs and others.
> 
> > >Does linux 68k have shared lib? if yes, the question is, would GEM
> > >cope with that kind? if yes or no, Well do we have to always keep
in
> > >mind ST users? If yes, still keeping ST user, wouldn't be possible
to
> > >propose versions? WITH shared lib/without? 
> > >(just curious to know all that, scuse me for my ignorance, I know
it
> > >bugs the hell out of knowledgable people).
> > 
> > Linux/m68k has the same shared lib structure as Intel/SPARC/Alpha
> Linux, so
> > the answer to your first question is, yes.
> > 
> > As for the other questions.. GEM wouldn't need to know anything
about
> it as
> > the it would be called in the same way whatever (as far as I can
see, 
> > though
> > I could well be wrong). ST users wouldn't be able to use it as far
as
> I'm
> > aware, and yes, I think MiNT should continue to support them. As for

> > whether
> > MiNT should support shared libs for ST's..  that's another matter
> entirely.
> 
> Now one must also remember that ELF shared libs that Solaris and Linux
> have is only one way of implementing shared libraries. A MiNT shared
> library scheme doesn't need to be based on ELF and also it doesn't
need
> to be compatible with any other OS. 
> 
> I proposed a week ago to use Fenix libraries in MiNT but nobody seemed
> to be interested.
> 
> Regards
>  Sven
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